The Blue Fish Radio Show
SUCCESS -- BC Municipalities Vote Yes for Wild Salmon
Watershed Watch is devoted to addressing issues impacting wild salmon stocks throughout British Columbia. Whether it’s to improve conditions for struggling southern BC Chinook salmon stocks to help feed resident Killer Whales, or to ensure indigenous fishers and recreational anglers can continue to catch salmon to feed their families and sustain their coastal communities, the organization and its many volunteers are working hard to resolve spawning opportunities and habitat issues. Link to listen to Lina Azeez from Watershed Watch speak with Lawrence Gunther about their recent success in convincing BC municipalities to restore habitat for salmon smolts along the lower Fraser River on this episode of Blue Fish Radio.
18 jan 2019 - 23 Min 50 Sek
Save the River Takes on Invasive Carp
John Peach is the Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper, Executive Director of Save The River, and this week’s guest on Blue Fish Radio. Listen this week as John lays out his plans to engage the U.S. and New York state governments to fund the proposed $778 million to establish innovative technologies developed to prevent Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes, while still allowing ships to transit between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. Proposed structural measures to the Brandon Road Lock include an acoustic fish deterrent (noise), an electric dispersal barrier, an engineered channel (rebuilding the floor of the lock), a flushing lock (elongated flushing pool at the head of the lock), and an air bubble curtain. Boat ramps at the upper and lower ends of the locks will be supporting measures. Additional non-structural measures will include the continued use of contract fishermen to harvest Asian carp below the lock, use of pesticide, public education, and continued research on ne…
11 jan 2019 - 24 Min 44 Sek
Chris Harvey-Clark on Sea Turtles Along Canada's East Coast
Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark is the Director of Animal Care at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia. He’s a marine biologist by training, a veterinarian, author, cinematographer, sculptor, and a popular guest on numerous TV shows and documentaries. This week on Blue Fish Radio Dr. Harvey Clark shares with host Lawrence Gunther his work on rescuing cold-shocked sea turtles along Canada’s east coast.
4 jan 2019 - 28 Min 12 Sek
Peter Bowman on Playing it Forward
Peter Bowman is the associate producer and co-host of Fish’n Canada going on 28 years, and was inducted into the Canadian Fishing Hall of Fame in 2012. Pete’s probably fished more of Canada’s lakes and rivers than anyone walking – live or dead. He’s figured out not only how to catch just about anything that swims, but how to do it in a way that ensures the next angler can do the same – playing it forward for the next angler. Pete is Lawrence Gunther’s guest on this episode of Blue Fish Radio:
27 dez 2018 - 28 Min 01 Sek
Angelo Viola on the Future of Fish and Fishing
Over 33 years of co-hosting Fish’n Canada with Pete Bowman at his side for the last 28, and as the host of Outdoor Journal Radio, Angelo Viola has witnessed a remarkable progress in the way we fish. He firmly believes that the fishing ethic Canadians practice has contributed to making Canada a world class eco-tourism destination. Angelo is also a believer in the one-health view of life. On this episode of Blue Fish Radio, Angelo Viola explains why the 8-million Canadians who fish are actively committed to ensuring the future of fish and fishing for generations to come. Watch Angelo Viola and his Fish’n Canada co-host Pete Bowman every Saturday morning on Global TV and download his weekly Outdoor Journal Radio podcast for the latest fishing news.
21 dez 2018 - 28 Min 06 Sek
BC Angler Wins Fight against billionaire over Access to Public Lakes
Giant killer Rick McGowan took his 30-year fight with a billionaire owner of the massive 250,000 acre B.C. Douglas Lake ranch all the way to the BC Supreme Court, and won! It confirms the public’s right to access public water located on private land and, who controls the public roads that cross these private spaces. Thank you Rick and all those who stood behind him over the years – especially his wife who did most all of the “paralegal” work. Link to this episode of Blue Fish Radio to hear Rick explain what the win means, and what legal battles lay ahead.
13 dez 2018 - 20 Min 22 Sek
Killer Whale and Chinook Abundance
Dr. Andrew Trites is the director of the University of British Columbia's Marine Mammal Research Unit, and is one of Canada’s top scientists researching Killer Whale and seal populations along Canada’s west coast. Dr. Trites is one of a number of scientists trying to get to the bottom of why southern resident Killer Whales are thinner than their resident cousins to the north, who are thriving. He’s concluded the estimated 600,000 large Chinook salmon in the area where southern resident Killer Whales reside each summer should more than meet their needs. Link to hear DR. Trites this week on Blue Fish Radio explain why problems facing southern resident Killer Whales may have more to do with what they experience when they reside further south during the winter. For more on Dr. Trites research visit: www.marinemammal.org
7 dez 2018 - 29 Min 31 Sek
Why Alaska's Wild Salmon Are Thriving Except for Chinook
What buffalo once meant to the First Nations people of the Plains, salmon are to the people of the Pacific Northwest. Working hard to identify why Chinook or King salmon are struggling along North America’s west coast has fish ecologists scrambling. Link to hear Dr Peter Westley from the University of Alaska explain why Alaskan Chinook numbers are down, at the same time Sockeye, Pink and Chum numbers are higher than ever, on this episode of Blue Fish Radio. Link below for more about the research underway at the Salmonid Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation Lab at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks: www.seec-lab.com
30 nov 2018 - 26 Min 43 Sek
Back to Basics with the Environment Commissioner of Ontario
Dianne Saxe could very well be Ontario’s last Environmental Commissioner due to recently announced budget cuts. Commissioner Saxe is this week’s guest on Blue Fish Radio, and speaks with Lawrence Gunther about water pollution, the loss of wetlands, threats to wildlife, and how each of us can voice our concerns and suggestions on what needs to be done to conserve Ontario’s wildlife, wetlands, and the future of fish and fishing. Link to hear what Commissioner Saxe has identified as priorities in her latest report, Back to Basics on this episode of Blue Fish Radio: Follow the links below to the ECO’s: · report media release/commissioner’s remarks · report landing page Follow the link below to register for the ECO’s Back to Basics webinar on November 29: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5073994768703680258
22 nov 2018 - 27 Min 37 Sek
Fish Pain Explained by Dr Steven Cooke
Surprisingly, there isn’t a lot of credible research on the topic of fish pain, but that doesn’t stop people from speculating. Dr. Steven Cooke is Canada’s Research Chair in Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology, and knows a thing or two about fish. Link to hear what Dr. Cooke has to say about how and when fish feel pain on this episode of Blue Fish Radio.
15 nov 2018 - 30 Min 52 Sek